Milling of rice grains. The degradation on three structural levels of starch in rice flour can be independently controlled during grinding
| Autor: | Enpeng Li, Jovin Hasjim, Daniel Tang, Robert G. Gilbert, Kinnari J. Shelat, Thuy T.B. Tran |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Materials science
Molecular Structure Starch Flour food and beverages Oryza General Chemistry Cryogenics Branching (polymer chemistry) Grain size Grinding chemistry.chemical_compound Brittleness chemistry Agronomy Chemical engineering Amylose Microscopy Electron Scanning Particle size Particle Size General Agricultural and Biological Sciences Probability |
| Zdroj: | Journal of agricultural and food chemistry. 59(8) |
| ISSN: | 1520-5118 |
| Popis: | Whole polished rice grains were ground using cryogenic and hammer milling to understand the mechanisms of degradation of starch granule structure, whole (branched) molecular structure, and individual branches of the molecules during particle size reduction (grinding). Hammer milling caused greater degradation to starch granules than cryogenic milling when the grains were ground to a similar volume-median diameter. Molecular degradation of starch was not evident in the cryogenically milled flours, but it was observed in the hammer-milled flours with preferential cleavage of longer (amylose) branches. This can be attributed to the increased grain brittleness and fracturability at cryogenic temperatures, reducing the mechanical energy required to diminish the grain size and thus reducing the probability of chain scission. The results indicate, for the first time, that branching, whole molecule, and granule structures of starch can be independently altered by varying grinding conditions, such as grinding force and temperature. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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